Sunday Seminar - Building Better Soil

Seminar: Building Better Soil & Sending Less Yard Waste to the Landfill - Nov 14th (1-3pm).
This "Second Sunday Seminar" will be presented by Lorraine Frey and Linda Gorman, trained graduates of the University of California Master Gardener program.  Learn all the tricks used by pros for developing rich soil in your backyards, including turning fall yard debris into "black gold." 
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Location: Lafayette Library - Arts & Science Discovery Center

Sunday Seminar Series - Creating an Energy Efficient Home

POSTPONED - Sustainable Lafayette presents: The Second Sunday Seminar Series. Please join us at the Lafayette Library (Arts & Science Discovery Center) on Oct 10 (from 1-3pm) to learn about the ins & outs of home efficiency.  Learn how to evaluate your home for heat and energy efficiency, and learn what's involved with a professional home energy audit. Presented by Recurve, Inc. and Sustainable Lafayette.  View the flyer...

Mark your calendars for the second Sunday of each month. Sustainable Lafayette and the Lafayette Library are planning an ongoing series of informative sustainability lectures and presentations.

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"Tomorrowland" at Lafayette Art & Wine Festival

Visit “TomorrowLand” at the Lafayette Art & Wine Festival on September 18th & 19th. This mini green home of the future that will feature a living room, kitchen, bathroom, yard, and transportation area that you can walk through, and see over 50 green innovations that will likely become common by 2020. Learn more...

Green Screen Film Night

The next Green Screen Film Night will be on Tuesday, August 10th at the Town Hall Theatre and feature the film “DEEP DOWN”. The movie producers will be there to introduce the film, which follows two friends in eastern Kentucky who find themselves at the center of a contentious battle over a proposed mountaintop removal coal mine. Adults are $10 (online price) and students are just $5. Ticket includes wine tasting and appetizers in the lobby starting at 6pm, followed by the movie at 7pm. More info and to purchase tickets...

Sustainable Gardening Workshops

Sustainable Gardening Workshop Series: Sustainable Lafayette is partnering with the Lafayette Library & Learning Center to offer “Local Food - Fall Vegetable Planting” on Sunday, August 1st and “California Natives for Lafayette Gardens” on Sunday, August 8th. These two lunch-time workshops will help you create a yard that produces food, uses native plants, requires less irrigation, and is more environmentally-friendly.  View the flyer...

Green Screen Film Night

The next Green Screen Film Night will be on Tuesday, July 13th at the Town Hall Theatre and feature the film “LIVING DOWNSTREAM”. The feature-length documentary is about ecologist and cancer survivor, Dr. Sandra Steingraber, as she travels across North America, breaking the silence about cancer and its environmental links. Adults are $10 (online price) and students are just $5. Ticket includes wine tasting and appetizers in the lobby starting at 6pm, followed by the movie at 7pm. More info and to purchase tickets...

Green Screen Film Night

The next Green Screen Film Night will be on Wednesday, June 16th at the Town Hall Theatre and feature the film “Trashed”. Trashed, produced by a former school teacher, examines the causes and effects of the seemingly innocuous act of “taking out the garbage” and the disposal of what our society defines as “waste.” This is a very informative and eye-opening film for all ages. It has been featured at many film festivals across the country and received positive reviews since its release in 2007. Adults are $10 (online price) and students are just $5. Ticket includes wine tasting and appetizers in the lobby starting at 6pm, followed by the movie at 7pm. More info and to purchase tickets...

Green Rheem Film Night

The Rheem Theater has closed, but the show will go on! The next Green Rheem Film Night will be on Tuesday, May 11th at the Orinda Theater and feature “WALL-E”. WALL-E, a great film for all ages, won best animated picture in 2008 and has won 45 other awards in the past two years. We are partnering with EarthTeam, an environmental network for teens, teachers, and youth leaders. Adults are $10 (online price) and students are just $5. Ticket includes juice tasting and appetizers in the lobby starting at 6pm, followed by the movie at 7pm. More info and to purchase tickets...